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HR STRATEGY · M&A · CHANGE MANAGEMENT · AI & WORKFORCE · LEADERSHIP · STRATEGY & EXECUTION

HR STRATEGY · M&A · CHANGE MANAGEMENT · AI & WORKFORCE · LEADERSHIP · STRATEGY & EXECUTION

The right answer isn’t a framework. It’s what works for your business.

The right answer isn’t a framework. It’s what works for your business.

The right answer isn’t a framework. It’s what works for your business.

Douglas McColl & Co. brings senior expertise to the business priorities that matter most — getting to the core of what’s needed, building the right solution for the organization, and working alongside your team to make it real and make it last.

Douglas McColl & Co. brings senior expertise to the business priorities that matter most — getting to the core of what’s needed, building the right solution for the organization, and working alongside your team to make it real and make it last.

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Strategy

People

Execution

OUR IMPACT

Proven at scale. Built for what’s next.

Proven at scale. Built for what’s next.

100,000+

100,000+

Stakeholders impacted in a single enterprise transformation

GLOBAL

GLOBAL

Transformation experience across North America, EMEA & APAC

13+

INDUSTRIES

Experience across a broad range of business environments

FORTUNE 100

FORTUNE 100

Enterprise-scale transformation experience

EXPERIENCE BUILT INSIDE COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS

THE CHALLENGE

The challenge

looks different

in every business.

The gap usually

doesn’t.

The challenge

looks different

in every business.

The gap usually

doesn’t.

The challenge

looks different

in every business.

The gap usually

doesn’t.

Growth, transformation, technology, M&A, leadership — the challenge may show up in different places. We get underneath what is happening in the business, identify what is standing between the organization and the outcome it needs, and bring the expertise required to close the gap.

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01

TECHNOLOGY & AI NEED TO DELIVER BUSINESS VALUE

Turn technology and AI investment into adoption and measurable value — identifying where it can improve the work, preparing leaders and employees, building capability, and changing how work gets done.

02

CHANGE NEEDS TO LAND IN THE BUSINESS

Lead the people side of transformation — building readiness, equipping leaders, communicating what is changing, driving adoption, and making new ways of working stick.

03

GROWTH NEEDS THE RIGHT BUSINESS & HR INFRASTRUCTURE

Build the organization, HR strategy, systems, processes, and people practices needed to scale without adding unnecessary complexity.

04

M&A INTEGRATION NEEDS TO WORK BEYOND THE DEAL

Bring together the organization, workforce, HR, systems, employee experience, and change required to move from transaction through Day 1 and into successful integration.

05

STRATEGY NEEDS TO TURN INTO EXECUTION

Translate business priorities into clear decisions, ownership, measures, and operating rhythms so the work happening across the organization produces the intended results.

06

LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO BE READY FOR WHAT’S NEXT

Strengthen executive and leadership effectiveness — improving alignment, decision-making, accountability, and the ability to lead the business through growth and change.

HOW WE WORK

We don’t hand you the answer.

We build the right one with you.

We don’t hand you the answer.

We build the right one with you.

We don’t hand you the answer.

We build the right one with you.

The best solution isn’t the one we’ve implemented somewhere else. It’s the one that works in your business.

We bring the experience of leading complex work across industries, organizations, and stages of growth — but we don’t arrive with a predetermined answer. We start with the outcome you need and get underneath what is actually happening in the business before deciding what should come next.

Make it easy. Make it matter.

Consultant leading a strategy working session with business leaders

01

DESIGNED FROM EXPERTISE.

We know what good looks like — and where proven practices matter.

02

BUILT FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

We design around your strategy, people, culture, operating reality, and capacity.

03

LANDED UNTIL IT WORKS.

A recommendation isn’t an outcome. We stay through implementation and adoption to make sure the solution works and lasts.

PROOF OF IMPACT

When the organization

works better,

the business

performs better.

We measure our work by what changes in the business — stronger capability, better execution, measurable adoption, and solutions that continue working long after we leave.

ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION

M&A INTEGRATION & CHANGE

HR STRATEGY & IMPLEMENTATION

ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION

“An outstanding Change Management Consultant. Their professionalism and knowledge of the methodology to drive change makes them stellar as a team lead. There is an art and love for this type of work that they possess.”

GLOBAL CONSUMER BRAND
MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR ENTERPRISE | ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION

Following an enterprise technology implementation, early employee feedback showed a significant gap between the technology going live and the organization being ready to use it effectively.

Douglas McColl stepped in to build and lead the change approach — strengthening employee readiness, leader enablement, learning, communications, adoption support, and the mechanisms needed to understand what was working and where intervention was still required.

14% → 72%

Felt prepared by training

9% → 69%

Felt ready and confident on Day 1

35 of 35

Comparable measures improved

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WHAT’S NEXT

What does your business need next?

What does your business need next?

What does your business need next?

GROWTH INFRASTRUCTURE

It may be the infrastructure to support the next stage of growth.

A CRITICAL INITIATIVE

A critical initiative that needs the right strategy and leadership behind it.

M&A INTEGRATION

Two organizations that need to become one.

TECHNOLOGY & AI

New technology or AI that needs to deliver more than implementation.

TECHNOLOGY & AI

New technology or AI that needs to deliver more than implementation.

LEADERSHIP READINESS

A leadership team preparing for what comes next.

STRATEGY TO EXECUTION

Or a strategy that needs to move from priority to execution.

Designed from expertise. Built for your business. Landed until it works.

Designed from expertise. Built for your business. Landed until it works.

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